Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.
To split.
To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed